Phil Davies

Senior Sales Engineer

Warfield, England, United Kingdom

About

20 years ++ of direct customer facing pre-sales experience within Enterprise, Corporate and Public Sector environments; Gathering customer requirements and overcoming technical barriers to close sales. Performing presentations, demonstrations and proofs of concept/pilots to a wide range of customers. Experienced in Security, Backup and Storage having worked in a number of startup companies for the last 10+ years (pre-IPO at arctic Wolf, pre-IPO at Rubrik, pre-IPO @ Nimble Storage) and previously @ EMC (both Data Domain and Legato) in both software and hardware pre-sales roles. Specialties: Sales Engineer, System Engineer, Pre-Sales Activities. Arctic Wolf, Rubrik, Nimble Storage, iSCSI/FC Storage, VMWare ESXi 4.x, 5.x, 6.x, Windows 2012/16, Data Domain (DD integration with NetWorker, NetBackup, TSM, Data Protector, ArcServe, (BackupExec), Enterprise Backup (Legato/EMC NetWorker), EmailXtender, DiskXtender, RepliStor, Connected Backup for PC, LiveVault, Data Defense, TEMS.

Experience

  • Senior System Engineer at Arctic Wolf
    Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Enterprise SE helping customers understand the need for Cyber Security and how Arctic Wolf differs in it's approach to Security as a Service from other "product only" based security vendors.

  • Sales Engineer at Rubrik, Inc.
    Mar 2017 - Jun 2022 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Rubrik has developed the world’s first Cloud Data Management platform for data protection, search, analytics, archival and copy data management for hybrid cloud enterprises. Recover, manage, and secure your data. Everywhere. A 2016 Gartner Cool Vendor. Forbes'​ Next Billion Dollar Startup. A Wealthfront Career Launching Company. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies.

  • Senior Systems Engineer at Nimble Storage
    Mar 2012 - Mar 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Systems Engineer with Nimble Storage providing advice and guidance to customers looking to utilize primary storage with no compromises on both capacity and performance. Nimble solutions are built to eliminate the compromise among performance, capacity, ease of use, and price. Nimble’s patented Cache Accelerated Sequential Layout (CASL™) is the first storage architecture designed from the ground up to seamlessly integrate SSDs with high-capacity disks, delivering affordable performance, integrated backup and disaster recovery, and pain-free operations.

  • Advisory Techncial Consultant at EMC
    Jul 2009 - Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    TC in the Backup Recovery Systems Division at EMC Pre-sales role covering BRS Technologies of: Data Domain, EMC NetWorker, Avamar, EDL, DPA

  • Senior Systems Engineer at Data Domain
    Nov 2008 - May 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

    The Systems Engineer (SE) provides pre-sales technical support to Data Domain Sales Reps and customers covering all of the company’s family of products. The SE makes pre-sales calls on prospective clients, participates in local and regional seminars, and acts as the technical account manager for existing customers. This is a technical position supporting Sales.